Carter's (CRI) Competitors $33.36 +0.31 (+0.94%) Closing price 05/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$33.33 -0.03 (-0.10%) As of 04:55 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock CRI vs. VFC, PVH, COLM, HBI, GIII, OXM, MOV, VRA, FOSL, and TPRShould you be buying Carter's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carter's include VF (VFC), PVH (PVH), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), Hanesbrands (HBI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), Vera Bradley (VRA), Fossil Group (FOSL), and Tapestry (TPR). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry. Carter's vs. VF PVH Columbia Sportswear Hanesbrands G-III Apparel Group Oxford Industries Movado Group Vera Bradley Fossil Group Tapestry VF (NYSE:VFC) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability. Which has more volatility and risk, VFC or CRI? VF has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VFC or CRI? VF received 584 more outperform votes than Carter's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.54% of users gave VF an outperform vote while only 58.87% of users gave Carter's an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformVFOutperform Votes97964.54% Underperform Votes53835.46% Carter'sOutperform Votes39558.87% Underperform Votes27641.13% Do analysts prefer VFC or CRI? VF presently has a consensus target price of $21.40, indicating a potential upside of 75.70%. Carter's has a consensus target price of $36.20, indicating a potential upside of 8.51%. Given VF's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe VF is more favorable than Carter's.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score VF 1 Sell rating(s) 14 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.24Carter's 3 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.40 Is VFC or CRI more profitable? Carter's has a net margin of 8.11% compared to VF's net margin of -4.63%. Carter's' return on equity of 27.15% beat VF's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets VF-4.63% 14.86% 1.98% Carter's 8.11%27.15%9.61% Which has higher earnings & valuation, VFC or CRI? Carter's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VF. VF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carter's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioVF$10.15B0.47-$968.88M-$1.19-10.24Carter's$2.84B0.42$232.50M$4.527.38 Is VFC or CRI a better dividend stock? VF pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Carter's pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. VF pays out -30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carter's pays out 70.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Does the media favor VFC or CRI? In the previous week, Carter's had 13 more articles in the media than VF. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Carter's and 21 mentions for VF. Carter's' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat VF's score of -0.38 indicating that Carter's is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment VF 5 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 8 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Carter's 10 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 11 Neutral mention(s) 7 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of VFC or CRI? 86.8% of VF shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of VF shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Carter's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryVF and Carter's tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Carter's News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CRI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CRI vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCarter'sApparel IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.20B$3.87B$7.49B$18.96BDividend Yield9.45%4.43%3.39%4.01%P/E Ratio5.3012.9216.3932.87Price / Sales0.421.007.5428.03Price / Cash6.3812.7016.4217.52Price / Book1.452.964.414.47Net Income$232.50M$183.11M$260.40M$1.02B7 Day Performance-12.72%-2.56%1.45%0.73%1 Month Performance-18.68%-7.28%-2.00%-2.62%1 Year Performance-51.24%-21.83%-2.37%4.59% Carter's Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CRICarter's1.9611 of 5 stars$33.36+0.9%$36.20+8.5%-51.2%$1.20B$2.84B5.3015,500Earnings ReportAnalyst DowngradeShort Interest ↑VFCVF4.2599 of 5 stars$11.56+1.5%$21.70+87.7%+0.0%$4.50B$10.15B-9.7135,000Analyst UpgradeOptions VolumePVHPVH4.7589 of 5 stars$71.04-2.6%$104.33+46.9%-37.3%$3.74B$8.65B5.7931,000Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastCOLMColumbia Sportswear4.3952 of 5 stars$64.00-1.0%$73.00+14.1%-23.6%$3.53B$3.37B16.549,450Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsHBIHanesbrands3.1779 of 5 stars$4.85+0.4%$5.75+18.6%+0.9%$1.71B$3.51B-5.2751,000Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastPositive NewsGIIIG-III Apparel Group2.834 of 5 stars$25.04-3.2%$32.20+28.6%-10.9%$1.10B$3.18B6.573,600Positive NewsGap DownOXMOxford Industries3.9579 of 5 stars$49.81-4.0%$59.00+18.5%-55.3%$740.43M$1.52B55.974,700Short Interest ↓MOVMovado Group4.9553 of 5 stars$13.88-0.6%$36.25+161.2%-44.2%$307.35M$653.38M13.351,300Analyst DowngradeVRAVera Bradley0.8925 of 5 stars$1.93-0.5%N/A-71.2%$53.46M$371.97M-3.272,490News CoverageFOSLFossil Group1.2686 of 5 stars$0.96+6.1%N/A+32.2%$51.12M$1.14B-0.416,900Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓News CoverageTPRTapestry4.5094 of 5 stars$69.21+0.5%$78.26+13.1%+78.4%$14.33B$6.78B20.0618,100Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies VFC Alternatives PVH Alternatives COLM Alternatives HBI Alternatives GIII Alternatives OXM Alternatives MOV Alternatives VRA Alternatives FOSL Alternatives TPR Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:CRI) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. 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